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Joseph-Michel Montgolfier and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier: Media

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Joseph-Michel Montgolfier
Miniature on ivory, late 18th century; in the Musée Carnavalet, Paris.
Courtesy of the Musee Carnavalet, Paris; photograph, © Jacques Buchholz
Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier
Miniature on ivory, late 18th century; in the Musée Carnavalet, Paris.
Courtesy of the Musee Carnavalet, Paris; photograph, © Jacques Buchholz
Montgolfier balloon
Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent, marquis d'Arlandes, ascending...
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